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PLATE VII. 



Figure 1. — Is the figure of a useful and handsome looking 

 horse. The carcass should be shaped somewhat like a cask ; 

 the hucks not too much hid in the flesh, nor yet particularly 

 prominent ; rather flat in the flank ; plenty of hard projecting 

 muscle on the thigh. The hocks should look and feel like entire 

 bone covered with skin. 



Figure 2. — Is what may be called very pretty, and perhaps be 

 useful in its way : heavy and round in the flank and thigh ; the legs 

 standing almost perpendicular. Speed or action cannot be expected 

 from a horse so formed, though he may prove safe and pleasant to 

 a gentle rider, or be well calculated to walk or canter on the London 

 stones. 



Figure 3. — Is formed for power and speed ; a form to be 

 desired in a hunter ; the thigh and hock well furnished, but rather 

 too much cramped, or bent, to deserve the character of beauty : 

 animals thus shaped, almost without exception, prove speedy, and 

 are generally good leapers. 



Figure 4. — Is that of a common, well looking quarter, with 

 many good points, and showy, but not likely to be famous for either 

 speed or action. 



